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The use of photo editing applications to enhance one's appearance in photos before uploading is prevalent among young female social network site (SNS) users. The purpose of this study was to identify the moderating effects of photo editing behavior in the relationships between internalization, media pressure, and body satisfaction among female SNS users. Data were collected from 133 Korean female SNS users aged in their 20s who reported using Facebook and/or Instagram for more than 1 hr per day. The majority of participants (84%) reported currently using a photo editing application when posting photos of themselves. Results indicated that photo editing behavior (the frequency of photo editing application use) moderated the inverse relationships between the internalization of ideals of thinness, media pressure, and body satisfaction. Significant negative relationships between internalization and media pressure toward a thin ideal and body satisfaction were only found among women low (not high) in the use of photo editing applications. The results of this study highlight the potential positive functions of photo editing behavior, alleviating the negative impacts of SNS use on the body images held by young female SNS users.
Public Significance Statement
The use of photo editing applications before uploading the appearance-related photos on SNSs is very common among young Korean women. The findings of this study indicated the possibility that young SNS users may alleviate the various negative impacts of SNS use on body image through photo editing behavior.
Keywords: photo editing behavior, internalization, media pressure, body satisfaction
Résumé
L'utilisation d'applications de retouche photo pour améliorer l'apparence des photos avant le téléchargement est largement répandue chez les jeunes utilisateurs de sites de réseaux sociaux (SNS). Le but de cette étude était d'identifier les effets modérateurs du comportement de retouche photo dans les relations entre l'intériorisation, la pression médiatique et la satisfaction corporelle chez les utilisatrices de SNS. Les données ont été recueillies aupres de 133 femmes coréennes utilisatrices de SNS ágées dans la vingtaine ayant affirmé utiliser les réseaux Facebook et (ou) Instagram pendant plus d'une heure par jour. La majorité des participantes (84 %) ont affirmé qu'elles utilisaient actuellement une application de retouche photo pour publier des photos d'ellesmemes. Les résultats ont montré que le comportement de retouche photo (fréquence d'utilisation de l'application de retouche...